New York Supreme Court, 1873

Board of Supervisors v. Brodhead

Board of Supervisors v. Brodhead
New York Supreme Court · Decided February 25, 1873 · Learned
44 How. Pr. 426; 1873 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 131

Counsel

P. Cantine & N. C. Moak, for motion, Samuel Hand, C. A. Fowler, T. R. Westbrook, I. N., Fiero and A. Schoonmaker, for defendants.

Board of Supervisors v. Brodhead

Opinion of the Court

Learned, J.

Held. That the proceedings in an action must be taken by and in the name of the attorney of record ; that before another attorney can act or be heard in the cause, a regular substitution must be made so that the record shows his authority, that a party has no right to interfere with the due and orderly conduct of the suit by his attorney; aud therefore ordered that Mr. Cantine had no standing in court as attorney for the plaintiff) and that this motion could not be entertained.

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